Eternal Villain: I can enslave Reality!

Duan Mu was taken aback to see just who it was that was speaking. The one who talked like a human wasn't one. Instead, behind him, there was a small cat, having stark white fur. 

The fat appeared to be quite chubby, but the shocking part was that it was standing on two feet. 

"What are you?" Duan Mu asked, looking at the strange being. "Another Illusion?"

"Not only are you weak, but you're quite stupid as well, aren't you? To think that you would be my new owner... Just how far has this Bloodline fallen?" The Cat shook its head. 

Its figure flickered as it appeared above Duan Mu, lightning hitting the young man's head with a stick. "Does it still look like an illusion?"

"Neither this place is an illusion, nor am I."

Duan Mu swung its Sword toward the cat. Even if it wasn't an illusion, it was still highly suspicious. However, to his surprise, the cat grabbed the blade of his Sword, making it impossible for him to even move an inch. 

"Your confidence and temper doesn't match your strength at all." The cat let out a sigh, before it appeared back in its usual place, sitting down comfortably. 

"Anyways, you don't need to get so hyper. I don't mean any harm. I can't hurt you even if I wanted to. I'm nothing but a treasure spirit that's bound to you," the cat responded as it clapped its little paws.

Duan Mu found himself sitting before the cat, as if a mysterious force brought him to his knees. 

"You can either be scared of me and not believe a single thing I'll be telling you, or you can take me seriously. The latter is more beneficial to you, because that's the only way someone like you can truly utilize the full potential of that bloodline."

Duan Mu frowned, still feeling a little suspicious. However, he had a feeling that if the cat wanted to, it could kill him. He decided to listen, at least until he managed to grasp the entire situation. 

"Tell me everything!" He spoke to the car. 

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"Tell me everything!" Xu Shan commanded Duan Mu's mother at the same time. 

Since the Celestial Lotus was yet to mature, he decided to use the time to interrogate Duan Mu's mother to understand more secrets related to the young boy... Especially the secrets that she was about to tell him, before Xu Shan had her kidnapped. 

Leaving the Snow Dragon outside to take care of the Celestial Lotus and his body, Duan Mu sent his consciousness inside the Storage Sphere where he kept Duan Mu's mother. 

"I was right. You really had ulterior motives behind approaching him!" The middle aged woman glared back at the young man before her. 

"Ulterior motives? Isn't that too harsh now?" Xu Shan responded, revealing an innocent smile. "I'm just trying to help him achieve his full potential..."

"By making him your servant?" The woman retorted. 

"It was either that, or his death. Don't you think I've been rather merciful to your son so far?" Xu Shan stepped closer to the woman. "If I hadn't met him, he would've been buried in that forest by others. I saved his life. Is it wrong to say that his life belongs to me now?"

"Anyways, I am not here to talk to you about my actions. Nothing I say will change your mind about this 'demon' after all. Though I'm rather curious about one thing..." He stated. 

The woman frowned, looking in the cold eyes of the young man before her. "I'm not going to tell him anything! You can kill me if you want, but you won't get any answers!"

"Sigh... At least hear the question..." Xu Shan didn't mind her tone.

The woman didn't even bother looking in his direction. She didn't fear death either. She just closed her eyes. There was nothing she had to talk to him about. Helping him was the last thing she wanted to do. 

However, what Xu Shan said next made her open her eyes wide. 

The man asked only one question. "What do you think will happen if others find out that he's the son of a Titan?"

"You!" The woman stood up, shocked. Her eyes widened in surprise. She couldn't believe Xu Shan knew what her son was. 

Xu Shan remained calm. However, her reaction had already confirmed that he was right. 

"I know you care about your son... And his death is the last thing I want. However, you have no idea what kind of things were in his destiny..."

His cold tone turned slightly warm and genuine as he continued, "He was nothing more than a pawn for Heaven. And I know what life would've been like for people like him. In the end, either he would've lived a life full of regrets or he would've died."

"No matter what, destiny would've brought him on crossroads with me sooner or later. I just want the two of us to live, not becoming a pawn of fate. Is that wrong? Does that make me the devil? If it does, then It doesn't matter. If I need to become one to fulfill the wish of my father, then I'm fully willing."

"I hope you won't be stubborn and help me as well. It would be much better for your son to be a friend rather than being an enemy of mine. I'll give you time to think about it."

As he finished speaking, he left the woman behind, and disappeared. His consciousness returned to his body once again. 

Even Xu Shan himself was getting quite tired, with all the constant thinking. He already had so much to think about, with the missing Books of Fate and their hosts, who were destined to become his enemy. 

So far, he had been lucky in finding them when they were weak. However, he knew there were still many Book Owners that he had no idea about. With each passing second, things were only getting more and more risky for him. 

On top, he was gathering Negative Karma one after another, still having no idea just what this thing did. 

"It matured!" The Snow Dragon suddenly exclaimed, bringing Xu Shan out of his daze.